Across the world, education data shapes how progress is measured (enrollment rates, literacy levels, access gaps). Yet behind these figures are human stories of persistence, loss, hope, and possibility. As part of a Salzburg Global Weavership Residency, this roundtable accompanies a series of seven posters that translate global education statistics into emotional and visual narratives.
Bringing together educators, designers, and storytellers, the session explores how data can move beyond abstraction to reflect lived experience. Participants will reflect on creative and ethical approaches to visualizing learning inequities, resilience, and progress, and consider how storytelling can help education data inspire empathy and action.
The roundtable will serve as a collaborative space to exchange ideas, surface diverse perspectives, and inform the final poster series, while inviting broader reflection on how we might reimagine the future of learning through more human-centered narratives
